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3rdthawkins: going real good deannie, things are coming together for me on my father's side

deannie: Great....I have not worked on my father's side much. Because I was raised by my mother.....and my father's (the few I knew where strange) I'm working on going to the St Louis Conference in February

3rdthawkins: my dad's is pretty interesting, I am learning so much, I see what I have missed in my childhood and glad to find out a lot about myself hello Ingrid

Ingrid_Doweary: Hey 3rd and Deannie .

deannie: The good.....I think that one of the things that make genealogy fun

3rdthawkins: hello Selma

deannie: Hi Ingrid

Selma: Good Tuesday evening everyone

Ingrid_Doweary: Hey Selma.

deannie: Hi Selma

Selma: Heard the weather was kinda icy up your way today Ingrid

Ingrid_Doweary: Glad your conversations with your Dad are fruitful, 3rd. Yes, Selma all highlands were icy today. I went to work 2 hrs laters.

Selma: Evening daviss

deannie: Hi daviss

Ingrid_Doweary: How was it your way, Selma? Hey Daviss.

Selma: We just had some rain...

daviss: Evening everyone!

Ingrid_Doweary: Lucky. Massive icy is dangerous for all types of travel. Closed a major highway for hours due to truck turning over with some chemicals.

3rdthawkins: hello daviss

daviss: oh 3rd! When did you and your dad connect? Thats great!

3rdthawkins: last Sunday daviss actually it was two days before that on Friday

daviss: oh my, I must have been sleep lol

Ingrid_Doweary: icy=ice

3rdthawkins: hello AmosNY

Ingrid_Doweary: Hey Amos

Selma: Yep that is a mess Ingrid Evening Amos

daviss: Is he in NY ?

deannie: HI AmonNY

AmosNY: Hello Hawkins, Daviss,Deannie,Ingrid,Selma!

daviss: I am excited for you third..

3rdthawkins: thx daviss

daviss: hellp AmosNY

3rdthawkins:

daviss: hello

Ingrid_Doweary: That's great 3rd.

Selma: Evening AY

AYWalton: good evening all.

Ingrid_Doweary: Hey AY

deannie: Hi Aywalton

daviss: hello AYWalton!

AYWalton: Howdy Ms. Selma, daviss, deannie, Ingrid_Doweary, Selma

AmosNY: Hi Angela!

AYWalton: howdy AmosNY hi 3rd

Ingrid_Doweary: How is the weather in Chi-Town, Deannie?

3rdthawkins: hello AY

deannie: It was kinda slippery earlier....but we did not get any snow this weekend

Ingrid_Doweary: Good for you, Deannie.

daviss: 3rd now is this the side where the passing was going on or is that the SC folks? whats going on deannie

Ingrid_Doweary: Hey Vkn.

vkn: Good evening to all

daviss: hello vkn!

Selma: Evening vkn...

deannie: Nothing much....try to go to the St Louis conference

daviss: that would be nice deannie..

deannie: My gen buddy was to go so we have put our monies together to go

Ingrid_Doweary: She does one, Amos, called, Beginning Genealogist on YouTube.

AYWalton: youtube.com/aywalton

AmosNY: Behind the 8 ball. lol

AYWalton: I have 35 videos already up there, AmosNY.

daviss: lol I guess

AYWalton: and one is featured this week on RootTelevision. I hope others will start doing the same. we all have stories to tell.

jhonora: Btw, Selma, I did eventually locate some folks who are descended from the people I was asking about from Richmond. One is a black historian in Richmond. I've learned some great info about the city.

Ingrid_Doweary: That reminds me. I need to send those video links to one of my 1st cousins who's researching family history in Mississippi. That's the ticket, Jhonora. I love to hear of connections made with local historians.

Selma: Was that the woman whose name you mentioned a couple of weeks ago jhonora

3rdthawkins: daviss, I was just sent some photos from a cousin of my grandparents, I am waiting for an email explaining to me who they are, but a few I believe is of my grandmother, I am hoping and wondering if one of the ones I see is of my grgr gm Jessie Lum Hawkins

jhonora: Yes, she had a picture of the men from 1910 which included her grandfather.

3rdthawkins: looks Jewish

Ingrid_Doweary: Hey Di.

AYWalton: greetings, di!

di: HELLO ALL

deannie: I watching and I listen to the Nicolle Nichols roll on Star Trek....

vkn: heyyyyyyyy di

3rdthawkins: hey di

deannie: Hi di

Selma: What was her name jhonora

daviss: good luck with that 3rd

jhonora: Nessa Baskerville Johnson. Very, very knowledgeable. Made headlines by joining UDCV and is from Jamestown settlers.

3rdthawkins: thx daviss

Selma: Daughters of the Confederacy?

jhonora: Yes, selma.

Ingrid_Doweary: Was that the interview where she said met with Dr. King while attending the NAACP awards, Deanne?

Selma: Ok...was this a couple of years ago..I posted online

AYWalton: howdy alt!

jhonora: She was telling me about the first black bank in country and the Astoria club

jhonora: You've got it, Selma, Maggie Walker, and before her some men I think.

Ingrid_Doweary: Oh yes, I love that inspiring story. A similar story was told by Avery Brooks about Star Trek-Deep Space 9.

3rdthawkins: hello Khathu

alt: hello Khathu

AYWalton: howdy khathu!

Khathu: hello everyone

vkn: howdy khathu

Selma: Evening khathu

jhonora: Evening khathu

AmosNY: Hi Khathu!

Ingrid_Doweary: Hey Khathu, how are you?

Selma: The lady sounds like us AY...

Khathu: tired but okay

daviss: hello khathu!

Selma: New job Khathu?

Khathu: daviss i got the information you requested. i just need to figure out how to upload it again New job Selma it was a long day

AmosNY: I read where Nichele Nichols of Star Trek was going to quit the show until she met Dr. King. He told her it was his favorite show and told her not to quit. He told her how important her role was to our people.

deannie: Yes, They are on WTTW now..

daviss: oh thank you so much Khathu

deannie: That's what made her stay she was going to quit because the reduced her role on the show...but I talked her out of it

Ingrid_Doweary: I read and heard video coverage of the same thing, Amos. WTTW, that's a PBS station isn't it, Deannie?

Khathu: AYWalton will you be attending the Central Maryland Chapter AAHG meeting this Saturday?

deannie: Yes

AYWalton: is it this Saturday? I probably will since you have reminded me.

Selma: Is this the meeting when you are speaking Khathu?

di: BRB

AYWalton: oh I shall attend by all means.

Khathu: Yes I will be speaking

Selma: YOu gotta be there to cheer him on AY... LOL

AYWalton: I hope that Alice sends out a message. I will be there blogging about it.

Khathu: on Conducting Slave Era Research

AYWalton: what is your topic Khathu?

Khathu: case studies

Selma: AY...you hear the speaker say she is presenting at the NGS

daviss: will you be the only speaker khathu

Khathu: yes i will be the only speaker

daviss: AYwalton will you be tweeting also

AYWalton: yes I heard her say that. Yes I will be also tweeting, as well.

alt: what do they give you Khathu 45-50 min w/Q&A ?

daviss: aha so what time will that be

AYWalton: Bernice was at AAHGS in the fall. yes what time is the meeting?

Khathu: that is about right alt....

alt: okay, that's good Khathu

Khathu: the meeting is at 1pm

daviss: I might tweet a question lol

Khathu: okay.... lol

daviss: lol

Selma: She just plugged AFrigeneas

AYWalton: she just gave a promo for AfriGeneas!

alt: vkn, the emoticons still aren't working?

Selma: and Tim Pinnick

3rdthawkins: :? :o :p :{ lol

vkn: hmmmmm lol lol

Selma: Reginald Washington

Ingrid_Doweary: :p

3rdthawkins: get yo' emotional issues together alt :}

vkn: Will check with the addon peeps alt to see what prob might be and will feedback

AYWalton: she is plugging everyone, and generous with praise.

alt: okay vkn ,, thanks

Khathu: have a good evening everyone. i am working on going to bed early these days

AYWalton: take care, khathu

vkn: good for you khathu

3rdthawkins: ok nite Khathu

daviss: nite khathu

alt: early to bed , early to rise, huh Khathu

AYWalton: I have to run, folks. Have a good evening.

3rdthawkins: nite AY

Khathu: thats the plan alt.....

daviss: is that program on every night selma

Selma: I have no idea daviss..this is the first time I have been..we will have to check with AY

daviss: ok

jhonora: I think it is on Tues afternoons

daviss: thx jhonora

Selma: Was Mrs. Johnson able to give you the information you wanted jhonora

jhonora: Yes, Selma, she had a photo of the council dated 1910 and her grandfather was among the founders.

deannie: I have to run.....talk to everyone later

Selma: Oh...wonderful

daviss: nite deannie

alt: laters deannie

Ingrid_Doweary: Bye Deannie

jhonora: Selma, the host of that program can go off deep end at times.

Selma: Thanks for the heads up .. LOL

daviss: lol why do you say that jhonora

Selma: But that is why you have the delete button

daviss: lol

jhonora: True. A great deal of good information ... but a bit of social commentary comes in at times.

alt: program?

Selma: Her comments about the looting of courthouses..it is not necessarily about black records...old records period are big business

jhonora: For example, fifteen minutes of wonderful talk about our black men of the past can lead into thirty minutes of rallying against modern men with pants falling off.

daviss: hmmmm not good jhonora

Selma: I understand..although I am sick of seeing folks drawers.. LOL

jhonora: Me too ... but it is a gen. program and not a save the race program, although Lord knows we need some of those.

daviss: gotta run for now folks nite nite

Ingrid_Doweary: My turn to exit. See you good folks later. Bye

Selma: Bye INgrid

alt: whatever is in style.. remember the hair style of the slick heads 'conk"

vkn: Bye Ingrid

Selma: I remember alt.

jhonora: She has some youtubes on 20th century slavery (peonage) that are interesting.